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we are nowhere near that. i'll show you do when we do start to climb coming up in about ten minutes. now to a bizarre twist to a deadly ambushed shooting in prince george's. >> police are searching for a motive killer in the attack. w a womanas gunned down while she left her office. this was last friday in greenbelt. >> this evening we learned she'i been mared to two men at the sa time. >>news 4 pat collins is back at that scene with the details of this today. pat. >> reporter: wendy, it was a brazen, bold, up close, broad daylight murder. a hit plain a simple. and to make things more complicated, we learned that the victim here was married to two men at the same time. one husband an actor. the other husband a big-time drug dealer. >> this was in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses and
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whoever did this, it didn't seem to matter to the person who committed this crime. that in and of itself is ebs extremely shocking. >> reporter: it's the first murder in greenbelt this year and it's a shocker. 44-year-old betty jennifer left her professional stamping job and headed home. but in the parking lot of the office building, a gunman was waiting for her. she tried to ru but she didn't get far. four shots fired. she was hit twice and fell dead to the ground. turns out betty jennifer was married to two men at e same time. husband band number one, kendrick jennifer, a big-time cocaine kingpin doing 20 years for dealing cocaine in baltimore. when he got sent away for ho selling all tse drugs, he had to give up a lot of his worldly goods, like four homers, seven
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ca, a rolls royce, a ferrari, and a take in an italian ice store in baltimore, but he managed to keep one house. this home in bowie. this house in bowie is where kendrick's wife betty lived with her children. and the title t to house is in kendrick's name and betty's name. recently they both became involved in a divorce proceeding. now, back in october while betty was stll married to kendrick, she went off and married chris toto. he's an ac from ghana. police say they're not ruling out anything here. the investigation is just getting started. jim, back to you. not going away anytime soon. so many questions remain. pat collins, thank you, pat. a coast guard lieutenant accused of creating a hit list of prominent democrats and tv
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personalities will stay in custody for now. a federal judge in maryland is revoking the order that would have freed christopher hasson ahead of his trial. prosecutors have referred toss ha as aomestic terrorist plotting a mass shooting. but so far hasson is notng faci any terror-related charges. authorities found more than a dozen firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammo at his house when they arrested hasson back in february. he's pleaded not guilty.er the is a desperate search under y inawaii to find a yissing university of marland graduate amanda eller l she was last seen five days ago hiking in maui. that's where siv ls. they've been canvassing the forest reserve. one of her closest friends tells new 4 aimee cho they're not giving up hope. >> aloha from maui. >> it's been five days since anyone has seen amanda leelr, a
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young woman full of fe, a yogact instru and physical therapist now missing without a trace after going hiking in the forest reserve in maui. >> just a worst presence to have in your life. >> a close friend of anda, they met at the university of maryland. she loved the outdoors and is extremely tough both physically and mentally. >> if she is hurt or injured in the forest, shein wait for el it's absolutely gut wrenching to think about that. >> police found her car parked at the forest reserve, her wallet and cell phone still inside, her car keys hidden be not guil -- benth one of the tires. family say that was typical for her. >> we just want our daughter otack. i cannmagine our life without her. i really can't. >> her friend heads to hawaii tomorrow to help look for her friend. sh couldn't bare tosit on the
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sidelines and watch. >> to think about myself oor r of my other close friends and families being in that situation and what i would want. >> the fire department has called off the official search, but volunteers still show up each day to hopefully help bring amanda home. aimee cho, news 4. >> we have posted a link to a go fund me page for the family as well as the website for this search. you find it on the nbc washington app. bad news for drivers. hington the george w parkway is still closed because of that giant sink hole. the northbound lanes here are closed from route 123 to the beltway. the national park service tells us the weather and other factors are delaying the repair. officials say the lanes wi main closed at least through tomorrow morning's rush hour. it is the picture and the tweet that have sparked outrage across social media.
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it shows an african-american woman wh was an employee of metro eating on one of the trains. rules?e breaking the or was she simply just trying to eat between shifts? transportation reporter adam tussas been digging into this controversy. he's along the red line this evening where this incident unfolded. >> reporter: knwe now know the metro employee will not face any d disciplinary action. that from the unionho represents her and the woman who posted this tweet has withdrawn her iginal complaint. but the backlash still continues. >> it's definitely controversy. don't really -- i can't complain if somebody was eating on the train. everybody has their own lives to live. i feke you saying something about them eat suggest out of order. >> the rules are clear. no eating or drinking on metro trains, but most people will tell you they see it every single day. here is evidence right here. some say this goes way deep j tht food. it's about basic human need.
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this woman lisa was a metro bus operator for five years. >> i did not get breaks.ha if they to eat, they have to eat. before you fall out, you have to get something in your stomach, whetr it be on the train or not. i've seen customers eat on the train. >> reporter: the union represeinative said she was, fact, between shifts. sometim a there's onlybout 20 minutes or so from assignment to assignment to try to squeeze in a meal. still, others say rules are rules. no food or drink on the system. >> i think that the metro shoulo folthe rules of the metro because when i get on, i know i can't eat. if i start eating something i ut it away. >> reporter: social media pos seemingly never ending over the past few day, many racially charged. tweets have been both understanding of the employee who was eatingand also shaming her for eating on a train. the local author who originallyd tweet this picture meanwhile has reportedly lost a book deal because of her post. perhaps all of this, though, opens the door for a larger balanced discussion on the issues surrounding this picture.
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along the red line, adam tuss. news 4. president trump says he'll meet with china xi jinping at the g20 summit nxt month. this comes as china issues a new tit for tat in the ongoing trade war. china says it will hike tariffs on $60 billion worth of imports from our country. that increase would apply to ore than 5,000 american products that will take effect almost a full month before the summit. farmers in our country are likely to bear the biggest brunt. the president's announcement about a meeting did nothing to ease jitters on wall street. stocks went into a free fall early and stayed down throughout the day. the do you tumbling more than 600 points by closing. the nasdaq and s&p also seeing g losses. former president jimmy carter resting in the hospital after breaking his hip this morning. the 39th president was turkey hunting. turkey hunting at his home in
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georgia when he fell. he's 94 yldrs o his surgeon says the procedure to fix the hip went well and his wife has b been his side. carter is in good spirits and turkey hunting season is going to end thiseek and he has joked that he hopes georgia will allow him to rollover his unused kills to next year. >> still going strong. felicity huffman says she's gueslt. the ac admitted to her role in that massive college admission cheating scandal. nbc's jay gra has n details about her sentencing today and the latest on lori loughlin's case. >> reporter: felicity huffman with her brother at her side back in court telling a judge what shesa first publicly in a written statement after her arrest. ility forfull respons my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions. the tv starnd cried a at times struggled to speak as she admitted to paying $15,000 for
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someone to correct answers on her daughter's college entrance. ex part of a widespread admissions scandal targeted in an fbi stina called opertion varsity blues. sentencing will come later. prosecutors requesting she spend four months behind bars. >> she's like many white collar defendants when are in trouble for the first time. she's racing to court to plead guilty, cooperate with the government, get the lowest sentence possible and just move on with her life. >> she joins a list of prominent and wealthy parents pleading guilty in the scheme.st but that l does not include fellow actress lori loughlin or her husband fashionde gner. >> this is government prosecution 101. the longer she waits, the worse it maybe for lori loughlin. >> the couple pleaded not guilty to fraud and bribery. prosecutors adding aditional charges of conspiracy and money laundering after they rejected a plea deal. jay gray, nbc news.
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if laughlin and her husband are foundguilty, they could face decades in prie n. ther a controversy surrounding a new effort that would makeai- cl to make the road safer. a proposal that allows citizens to write parking tickets. how is that going to work if it's passed? an unpleasant, inconvenient ande expensive surpris for area drivers. a search for the suspect who slashed tires on dozens of cars. this is the drug that students are turning toto get a competitive edge in the classroom. storm team 4 acking those showers in our area right now. we're coming right back wh the foreitca
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back now at 5:14. damp, dreary. it doesn't feel at all like may out there. when do these cuds clearout? doug is back in just five minutes with an dated forecast. well, it's finals week for thousands of college students which means all nighterso of caffeine to get through. cookie. lot of bocks of actually something is a lot more dangerous to give them that heart pumping rush that they crave. consumer reporter susan hogan joins us with a warning that every parent needs to hear about what's being called a crisis on campus. >> i actually first heard about
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this from my own kids who are both sophomores in college. they told me thei classmates are buying adhd drugs illy freg to give them a quick jolt. they're nicknamed steroids for the brain. as a parent i was so alarmed, i had to learn mo >> it helps keep me focused. and then potentially a pill on wednesday tug get you your finals onnd thursday a friday. i thought i need it to write the best essay i could. >> questions for all of you. did it work? >> yes. >> definitely. >> john, chris, and jacob, not their real names, are recent cle college graduates. they are here to talk to u i about anssue they say is happeningn plain sight. >> i have bought addel al. >> they're protecting their identity because they admit to buying adhd drugs fromheir
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classmates, something that's illegal. >> they say it's cheap, $5, $10, $20 a pill. >> how did you do it. >> through a friend knew had a prescription. i would ask him or from somebody if they knew i had a large deadline. >> how did it make you feel? >> ite made me like i was able to accomplish things that i normally wouldn't be able to and it also de me extremely hyper used in the moment. >> i think it allowed me to manage that schedule in a way that i would have really, really struggled to otherwise. >> prescription drugsr adhd are known to improvemental function. adderall is one of the most common treatments, but there are a number of other medications that work in similar ways. the reputation of these so-called smart drugs has led to a massive illegal markpl oace n. today it's estimated that one in
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three college student illegally possessed adhd icmedation. > in your opinion, is there a crisis on college campuses? >> oh,>>bsolutely. r. gretchen watson is a clinical psychology and leading researcher of adhd drugs on campuses. >> i think this adhd drug abuse crisis general prescription abuse crisis on college campus is the next opioid crisis. >> dr. watson says regular use of these drugs comes with big risks. >> they first get addicted to the stimulants. then they pursue other drugs to help wiic that aon and one thing leads to another and it's not as uncommon as we would nk thi but that is anotherwa path to heroin abuse. >> do the effects of it override your worry about what this could actually do to yo>> i think that the pros
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evtweigh the cons in that calculus almost y time. >> did you get a better grade because you took it? >> i think it's really hard to go back and say what i could have done without t, but i do know it was really important to studying to gethr tough. >> and as a parentatearing th is so disturbing, even knowing the risk these kids really don't care. so the manufacturer of adderall did respond to our request. addiction is object the only problem from taking these drugs when they're not prescribed. tonight doreen reveals the dangerous deadly consequences. this is really a story that parents and kids should watch together. wendy, you were talking about this is the story, yes, it has been out there for a while. for years this has bee going on. the problem is it is getting worse. the kids are morebrazen. they don't think twice. this is going on one in three kids buying these illegally and they're not realizing the
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beconsequences. ause in their head, it's working. and that's the problem. >> hyper focused. >> pharmaceutically, the ingredient is the same as cocaine. so as a parent, i'm sitting there thinking what? this is som con. it is. it's common. it's got to be addressed and it really hasn't been at all. >> i think because it's itrescribed for their lle brothers and sister, you're giving these little kids this drug. how harmful could it be? >> they don't know that it is. it's just really one of those things they just don't get it. they don't care because they want that quick fix. they're not even knowing the ramifications of this. >> it's an eye opener. is>> it really >> i'm glad you guys are doing this. >> it's important. >> thank you, susan. well, how do you all feel about this? the eternal sunlight that was ris day clouded over with the news that the actress and singer passed away at the age of 97. m for soy of us, she was the
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beautiful, independent and wholesome careergirl fending off the sexual advances from playboy rock hudson and other leading men. >> would you be so kind as to call thepolice? >> she was an icoc star, a passionate animal rights activist who was thriving to the end. doris day's career had impact on hollywood. it started back in the late '40s. her first movie, "romance on the high seas". she would go on to star with carr carey grant, jimmyew start, rod taylor in a collection of romantic and domestic comedies that still keep me company on a rainy sunday. she also had a beautiful voice. recorded more than 600 songs in her career. y can still hear them on surius and pandora. when you're listening to your music, you hear a beautiful
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voice, go look. it's probably doris day. she was magic. k do youow that in 1985 when rock hudson revealed he had aids, doris day appeared with him at news conferences to help banish the stigma and the shame that often came with that diagnosis. she was truly america's sweetheart, joyful and resilient to the very end. we're going to have a doris day movie binge, barba harrison and i. >> on a rainy weekend. >> her movie, "pillow talk", "charade". there's more. >> and her show, her sitcom. >> yeah. doug? nothing? >> before my time, but i love the fact that it's on. >> doris day was great. >> what a oice. west heard it there. >> she had a beautiful voice. >> i'm going to make you come to the doris day binge watching. >> i'm excited.
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on a rainy day. i can forecast one of those, w dy. >> be there tonight. i> we're still dealing wth the rain as we make our way through we've had so much rain over the la year. the rainiest year ever and it just continues. the records cust keeping down. out there right now still dealing with the rain in parts of the area. mostly cloudy skies right now in d.c. 59 degrees. that is the average high for march 24th. yeah. so it is on the cool side for sure. average high today should be -- is around 75 degrees. we should definitely be a lot warmer. there's the showers that came through. they're starting to exit the area right now. you can still see a few showers around bowie, crossing towards annapolis. a few more showers back to the west. in through parts of clark county. over towards washington and frederick county. few more that are going to make their way into frederick county, virginiaot we've g a few more showers antonight. youee more up to the north and west of our area.
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if you're up there into franks lin -- franklin and fulton, making their way toyour area as well. this is all part of a big storm system that has really come together as a couple of different storms. we saw the one that came through friday to saturday, now into monday. this storm actuallbicreated some time storms around raleigh a little bit earlier. for us it is just cloudy and rainy. tonight a few more shower you might need to take the umbrella if you're heading to dinner. still seeing shower activity around 10:00. we clar a littleit by 7:00. i think we'll see a lot of cloud cover. we could see some sunshine tomorrow. the sun will aid in the formation of coseuds. could see a couple of showers, but most of your tuesday will be dry. still a good idea to take thea. umbre a couple of light showers, but most of the day is dry and cloudy. 63 degrees. breezy too.
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winds upwards of 20 miles per t hour. slighance of showers, but most of the area dry. better on wednesday. nice.day really looking partly sunny. high temperature of 71. thursday we've got weather day at nats park. we'll be down there at the ballpark as theationals take on the mets. i'm throwing out the first pitch. we're talking thousands of kids earlier in the day. talking all about the weather down there in nats park. we're happy to be a part of that. 75 degrees on your friday. 30% chance of shower. maybe a rumble of thunder or two. we'll talk about the we could. the average is 75. the average is 75. do we go above finall
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the big carriers are talking about their current 5g roll outs, but their efforts are limited to a few pockets in select cities or trying to convince consumers that 4g is actually 5g.ey th're neglecting small towns and rural communities, on leaving them on the wrg side of the digital divide. if approved, only the combined availableresources of t-mobile and sprint can deliver on all the spectrum bands needed to quickly bring unprecedented 5g connectivity across the nation.
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some of us use this technology to unlock our phones. others use it at the airport ant athe dmv. san francisco is looking to ban it. we're talking about facial recognition used by the police and other city agencies the . the technology has advanced in recent years. it actually makes it easier to pinpoint a missing choild ild i crowd. critics say it still has a ways to go. there are concerns that innocent people could be misidentified. san francisco's board of supervisors will consider this ban tomorrow. part of a broader surveillance legislative package in the city on the bay. we now have the worst measles outbreak in 25 years and it is still s according to new numbers from
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the cdc, there are now 839 caset in 23 st including maryland. that's an increase of 75 cases from the weebe fore. most of the cases are in new york involving unvaccinated people in orthodox jewish communities. measles are highly contagious. the virus can live in the air for two hours after an infected person has passed through. a pregnant teacher murdered and buried in a shallow grave. tonight a mission accomplished for her parents who turned their grief into action. >> this is a great day for the women of maryland and i think that our family has done a very small step towards making things better from the tragedy that haptned. >> jusahead, what they did that will help protect pregnant women. i'm julie carey in arlington where about two dozen residents woke up to a nasty surprise over the weekend. someone had slashed their car
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tires. coming up, we'll talk to a coming up, we'll talk to a victim about the costly repair i get really emotional when i think about where i was. most people don't survive blood clots on their lungs and on their heart. the last thing i heard wl. reroute to g w hospita on the day that i cin and they treated me, i was the sickest person in the hospital. i was put on the ecmo machine it saved my life. learn more about bonits's story ofsurvivial at n b c washington dot com backslash bonita for life's defining moments the george washington univeristy hospital defining medicine.
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keep the umbrella handy. most of us will not need t but we're going to seenother chance of showers tomorrow. temperatures still on the cool side. th something we'd all like to see again make its way our way. talking you what i'm about here in about ten minutes. >> see you then, .ug. thanks now at 5:30, more than a year ago montgomery county police found a pregnant howard county tcher murdered. >> since then laura wallen's parents have pushed for tougher punishment forpr killing egnant goomen. today vernor larry hogan signed legislation into law. >> darcy spencer reports on her parents' emotional journey and what they plan to do next. > laura and reid's law, senate bill 561. >> reporter: the parents ofla ra wallen were there as the governor signed laur and re ands law. they were both killed at the hands of the baby's father. her mom says e was filled with mixed emotions.
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>> it was a little bit like an out of body experience, but it was also really hard to hear aaura and reid's name when they said laur and reid's law. it's happy, but it's painful too. >> the law makes it a felony to commit a crime ofagviolence nst a woman the suspect knows or believesis pregnant. the charge carries up to 10 years of prison time. mark wallen is laura's father. >> this is a great day for the women of maryland and i think that our family has done a very small step towards making things better. >> laura was a howard county high school teacher. police say se was pregnant with tyler's baby when she was murdered. he was charged but focussed on lihe in jail day he was set for trial. >> looking into the statistics was when werealized how dangerous it was in this state if a wman was pregnant and the
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fatherf the baby was not hhapy about tpregnancy. >> reporter: now the family looks towards the future and a life of helping others. >> living the best life that we can live and being the best people that we can be. >> reporter: recov the pens used at the bill signing will be placed at laura's school. it's a reminder of a popular teacer and to bring awareness to the law named after her and reid. in annapolis, darcy spencer, news 4. >> laura's parents told us their faithas been critical in getting them through this strategy and giving them strength to pusor fhat law. an unsetting and expensive weekend for some arlington residents who woke up saturdayf to the tires on their cars had been slashed. they were parked on streets around the barcroft apartments. julie carey reports that police are hoping someone may have seen these vandals at work.: >> reporter she drives this
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pickup to get to n one but two jobs including on weekends, so he was quite upset saturday morning to find one truck tire flattened. his vehicle along with others parked on south four mile run drive all had their tires slashed. >> this is not a good thing. treating people like that, it is evil. >>vil and costly vandalism. he paid $60 to get a tow a here's the $120 bill for the new tire. once the number of tire slashings started to moume, police can to canvas the neighborhood. they've left their contact information. so far police count 22 vehicles that were hit. this nearby auto repair shop hai two of the ims come to him for help. >> one of them had to go to work. they said i need to be at work, so they had to pretty much do it fast for him. >> reporter: he gave us a closer
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look at the damaged tire. ou can clearly seehe slash right through it. one of the customers who came here ended up paying $400 for two tires. >> respect people's property. it's just not right. >> reporter: the slashing seemed to be confined to one area. >> we did have three blocks that were hit during this particular incident, but we have no other tire slashing sr res th-- serie that we're investigating. >> reporter: the police are hoping if anyone s suspicious activity friday night or early saturday they'll come forward. in arlington, i'm julie carey,n 4. >> angry just looking at it. tomorrow lawmakers in alexandria will consider a plan that some business owners hope will help them survive metro's summer shutdown. the proposal would discount city-owned parking garages and lots in old town between late ly may and ear september. now, if approved, the garages wou have a $2 flat rate down from $2.50. after 5:00 for weeknights and
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all day on weekends. metro will temporarily close the blue and yellow line stations south of reagan national airport starting may 25th. still ahead, how would you feel if your nehbor was allowed to write you a parking ticket? ontroversial proposal and the odds it becomes law. >> yeah. plus th supreme court says iphone users can sue apple. it's time for our memorial day sale on the
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a new netflx series shedding light on the wrongful conviction of the teens who became knownth as central park five. back in 1989, a white jogger was beaten and raeped ped in centra park. donald trump was a well-known developer at the time and took out full-page newspaperds s calling for the death penale. eens were sent to be prison but cleared 13 years later after aerial rapist -- >> one that's little told, we don't understand hany rights have been stripped from these people who have served their time. i really wanted to show how one comes out dealing and how this was put upon these boys for a crime they didn't commit.
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have a news four consumer investigation that helped to spur some changes that would keep your children safe at school. >> a new law is being enacted to protects student around those motorized petitions. it comes after the tragic death of afairfax county third ad gr. >> today wesley's parents stood behind virginia's governor as he signed the billft named a their son. eur consumer reporter susan hogan was theras well because you helped getathis strted. >> i'll tell you, it was just so special to be there because this saturday actually marks one year since wesley was killed by a motorized partition at franconia his ntary school, but parents tell us this new w is a bit of light in a tragic situation. so today friends, family, as a well as state county officials packed into this room at the franconia volunteer fire station for the ceremonial bill signing. many of wesley's little friends were wearing their green
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t-shirts there that said #belikewesley. penguins were his favorite animal and we have not yet met one person who did not describe this 9-year-old as kind. his dad says the new law will allow wesley to continue to help others. >> i think it's a fitting tribute that someone who although only 9 was trying to always befriend others and do things for others and thought about other people. >> nothing more difficult than losing a child and so for this family toand up and say we're going to bring some goowhat goo can to help other people, i just commend that. that's what our commonwealth is all about. >> i'm so happy for them, for amy and josh that they could have it today. i wouldn't have done it if they didn't want to have it, but they really are determined that wesley's life means something
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and this won't happen to another child. >> so the new law takes effect july 1st. it prohibits anyone from operating a motorized partition if students near the same room unless the wall has a safety censor like this installed with it. it also requires anyone who se operates t walls to be trained every sine year. so in case you missede it, w sat down with wesley's shparents, and amy, last weekfor a very emotional interview. you can watch itn the nbc washington app all you have to do is search one of our favoritees words, wy. >> they are remarkable in their strength and how they just show you what it's like to get through this. >> they do. and they are amazing. i know for josh to stand up there in front of all of those people today, it was so hard. we're just so incredibly grateful to the family that they trusted in us to tell wesley's story. and just watching them, i mean,
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we felt such pride for them that they could do that. and the little boy, oh, gosh, it was just really -- >> just one year and it was probably theardest year of their life. >> one day at a time. >> and no more schools will ever have to deal with anything like that. >> not in virginia.nt our work coinue. >> susan, thank you so much for bringing this home again. all right. doug joins us now. what a day i has been in terms of cloud cover. >> chilly too. the average temperature is 75. >> what was it thismorning when we woke up? >> in the 40s and tomorrow some areas could be in e upper 30s. we're talkingome really chilly area for this timeye of r. this is the first time in theal last most month and a half that we've had two back-to-back days below average. have been so warm, the warmest april and may starting off that quay, but we've gone to
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the cool side for sure right unnow. some s starting to try and pokes through, but we definitely have that low to mid level cloud now.ng right 59 degrees at the airport dropping through the 50s by around 10:00, 11:00. olcool night tonight and already on the co side. 53 degrees in gaithersburg. 55 camp springs. 61 down toward ft. bellemare. mass n over 2 inches o rain has fallen since friday. just pack it on to where we've been. over 70 inches of rain since this time last year. that is more than 30 inches above average. that's why we saw last year as the wettest year ever. we're already on pace to be the wettest year again if that was to continue. re ever, i'm thinking w looking dryer the next few months and that's some good news. already in the month of may well over 3 inches of rain. you can see we do have showers. they've been making their way through now. look back to theest. not much around d.c.
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watching shower activity towards i-81, arounder hagtown. you got this one shower right here. i've got to go just to the west of leesburg there. it's making its way off to the east. most of these showers are falling apart, but we could see more this ening as the whole system is just spinning here. even a little rumble of thunder here and a little bit of lightning in towards parts of franklin and fulton county. for us tomorrow, another day where we're talking about cool weather. not just that. look at the morning low temperatures. how about 7:00 a.m.,7 hagerstown? maybe 39 in frederick? 41 manassas? that's some really chilly air. i d.c. that may be a little bit on the cool side. i'm going for an actual low temperature of right around 50. tomorrow afternoon we really don't breatrebound all that muc. i think we finally get into the 60s in the afternoon. finally up to about 63 if we make it. 74 on thursday. that of course weather day at nats park. we'll be down there during the
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day. i'll be down there live during the afternoon. 79 on saturday. 83 on sunday. look at this weekend,everybody. this weekend looking fantastic. income week, yeah, we get right back to the heat. couple chances of showers. maybe a couple ofms thunderst no real organized areas of rain right now. it's also looking quite warm as we had towards t end of next week. memorial day weekend, that's after that whole period right there. wow. not this weekend. next weekend. n >> it's cofast. >> boy, may is going fast. we are hearing this evening from two workers at a local chipotle. both of transgender women who say they weresa aslted during their shifts and their supervise ov -- supervisor didn't do enough to protect them. carla has their story. >> the alleged assault occurred at this chipotle in the columbia heights neighborhood. josie and yolanda claim they
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w hearassed by colleagues for se months becauhey are transgender women. in this video captured by the resta ant surveillance system you can see when a customer throws a burrito bowl to josie's face and she reacts by doing the same thing. { speaking foreign language } >> reporter: josie said she p sufferemanent damage to her left eye ander manager told hershey wouldn't reive workers compensation. weeklater yolanda said she was beaten unconscious by the girl friend of one of her former co-workers. he male co-worker had made derogatory comments and when she reported them to her supervisor, nothing was done. yolanda said she was transferred by management to another location to avoid further assault. however, she claims the
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supervisor in that store told her that working with transgender employees is difficult. both josie d yolanda left chipotle a few months ago. josie has sued the company and yolanda is considering legal action. we reached out to chipotle numerous times for the last two weeks and have not gotten a response on how the assaults were handled or what their policy is regarding working with the lgbtq community. reorting in columbia heights, news 4. when we come back on news 4 at 5:00, the words "i can't breathe" became a rallying cry against police brutality. > now it's five years after the death of eric gardner and the officer acused of using a legal choke ho is facingld
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an etional first day in the trial of a new york city police officer. eric garner died after being put in a choke hold after being arrested in 2014. his sister left the courtroom wailing. a video of his arrest was played. >> the officer's attorney says he used a technique that's taughtby the department and hat he is being made to be a scapegoat in a politicallyrg chaed atmosphere. this case alcohol be decided
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whether he gets disciplined could last at least two weeks. > well, you hate to find one on your windshield. those pink slip parking tickets, but what if a citen rather than a city worker puts it there? >> here in the district there is legislation that would allow someto residents issue tickets for violations. news 4's nicole jacobs explains how that will work. >> a rainy day adds to the hustle and bustle, but what if you add tohis equation more hands giving more tickets? >> i think it's are g idea. >> it's all a part of the pilot program aimed at targeting safety problems in the district. >> this app the city would develop where they would be able to take a picture. to be time e stamped. it would have to show the violation. then the person who has parked illegally and cated a hazard would then get a ticket in the mail. >> council man charles allen of
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ward six proposed it to coincide with vision zero enhancement omnibus amendment act. >> we don't have enough enforcement officers out there. we'll often see a vehicle blocking are hydrant, blocking a crosswalk, blocking a bike lane and by the time you actually call one and have somebody show up, it's 30 minutes to an hour later and that car is long gone. >> but the pilot does come with opposition from the everyday person. >> that sits a little weird with me to have everyday people policing each other. >> initially just ten people from each ward would be trained to ticket. >> enforcement of drivers, bikers and scooter people that you're a moving vehicle and you need to pay attention to people on the sidewalk. >> this is one of many proposals and while it is a ways down the road from a vote, he is hopefulw the districtl see an increase in transportation safety. council man allen says other cities have tried similar pilots
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so this wld not be the first of its kind, but he also says it is time for the district to get more seri being able to get to their destination safely. in northwest d.c., nicole jacobs, news 4. well, we looked at the proposed lotion. it would allow up to ten residents in eachto ward become these authorized ticket issuers. >> for now at least it appears those citizen ticketers would not be able to get out fines for things like zone parking violati s. >> news 4 6:00 starts right now. right now at 6:00, a murder mystery in greenbelt. good evening. i'm doreen gents levzler. >> a woman gunned down in a pking lot at work and she had two husbands. the search for a killer revealing a surprising twist. trade tensions heating up and impacting your money. how consumerers could be paying for the president's new tariff.
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>> and students popping pills to power through exams. >> i think this adhd drug abusen crisis, gal prescription abuse crisis o college campus is the next opioiis cris. news 4 at 6:00 starts we begin with this very r a y start to our week af super soaker of a weekend, even more rain today. >> just what the doctor didn't order here. as weook here at the radar, you can see wet weather finally starting to move out of the area. >> chief meteorologist doug kammer is in the storm center. doug, what's the good word? >> the good word is it does get xttter as we make our way through the neouple days. we had the shower out there today. we had rain steady at times and cool temperatures all day. now you canee what's been happening the last couple of hours. the rain really starting to get out of here. one area of rain came through at 4:00.
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